MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.07,-96.83 Latitude: 35.07 Longitude: -96.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 113 SFC 979 298 28.5 23.1 72 5.4 24.5 103 4 303.5 306.9 298.4 358.3 18.43 2 950 568 27.2 20.6 68 6.5 22.5 123 5 304.7 307.8 297.4 353.4 16.31 3 900 1044 22.6 19.5 83 3.1 20.4 147 6 304.8 307.8 297.3 352.9 16.08 4 850 1539 18.3 17.8 97 0.5 18.0 178 5 305.4 308.2 296.8 351.1 15.29 5 800 2058 15.0 14.0 94 1.0 14.4 264 8 307.1 309.5 295.6 345.4 12.70 6 750 2602 11.6 7.9 78 3.7 9.3 318 22 309.1 310.8 293.4 336.5 8.96 7 700 3176 8.3 1.6 63 6.7 4.6 323 36 311.7 312.8 291.9 330.8 6.15 8 650 3784 4.1 -1.5 67 5.6 1.3 317 37 313.7 314.7 291.8 330.3 5.29 9 600 4429 -0.6 -5.1 72 4.5 -2.7 312 40 315.4 316.3 291.6 329.4 4.37 10 550 5119 -4.8 -11.8 58 7.0 -7.7 308 42 318.4 318.9 291.0 327.6 2.81 11 500 5863 -8.7 -22.2 33 13.5 -12.8 298 41 322.4 322.7 290.8 326.9 1.29 12 450 6670 -14.0 -27.7 30 13.7 -17.4 285 37 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.7 0.87 13 400 7553 -20.2 -37.8 19 17.6 -23.1 282 35 328.8 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.37 14 350 8529 -25.9 -30.7 64 4.7 -26.8 263 22 333.8 334.0 293.6 336.9 0.85 15 300 9630 -32.5 -35.7 73 3.2 -33.0 240 14 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.8 0.61 16 250 10890 -42.3 -45.7 69 3.4 -42.6 306 4 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.2 0.26 17 200 12362 -51.0 -63.2 22 12.2 -51.3 296 25 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.2 0.04 18 150 14200 -58.1 -80.1 4 22.0 -58.4 273 33 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16690 -66.2 -85.6 5 19.4 -66.3 307 7 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.02 m Freezing level: 606.20 mb = 4349.26 m = 14269.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.31 mb = 3980.75 m = 13060.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.13 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.41 mb = 991.09 m = 3251.58 ft T: 23.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 31.37 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1442.28 m = 4731.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -7.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.33 C Showalter Index: -6.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 38.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2327.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.63 mb = 1361.40 m = 4466.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.63 mb = 1512.59 m = 4962.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.63 mb = 12601.64 m = 41343.45 ft B at Equ Level: 2316.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.5 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 338.5 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.0 neg: -2.4 tot: 175.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 16.99 Bulk Shear: 137.00 m/s